Date:         Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:53:37 -0500
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From:         Phil Davis <pdavis@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      RFI: MD's 2003 Wandering American White Pelicans
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MD_Ospreyers:

I'm working on the MD/DC Records Committee files and would like to throw out a request to see if there are any more reports or outstanding documentation on this year's American White Pelicans that roamed the coastal plain.


Date                    Number  Locations
             Observer(s)

05/12/2003              5 birds         Indian Head/Potomac River/Charles
Co            E. Wilson
05/14/2003              5 birds         Indian Head/Potomac River/Charles
Co            E. Wilson

06/11-~6/18/2003        1 bird          Nottingham/Hall Creek/Patuxent
River/PG Co              G. Kearns/M Callahan

10/08/2003              5 birds         Easton/Easton WWTP/Talbot
Co                    J Morrin
10/09/2003              5 birds         Easton/Waverly & Waverly Is
Rds/Talbot Co               H Steilkie
10/10/2003              5 birds         Tilghman/Knapps Narrows/Talbot
Co                       fide J Reese
10/11-10/24/2003        5 birds         Poplar Island/Talbot
Co                         fide J Reese/L Roslund
10/14/2003              5 birds         Poplar Island/Talbot
Co                         C Swarth
??                      5 birds         Easton/Rt 50/Talbot
Co                          (Easton Newspaper - 10/31)
10/30/2003              5 birds         Bombay Hook
NWR/DE                              L Roslund

11/29/2003              9 birds         Assateague Is/Sinepatuxent
Bay/Worcester Co     Joe/Jane Hanfman


Please note that the only reports that include reviewable documentation are the two Erika Wilson reports, a Greg Kearns photo, and the Joe/Jane Hanfman report.

Please let me know if anyone else had other sightings and, especially, if any photos or field notes exist.

Thanks.

Phil


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Phil Davis, Secretary
MD/DC Records Committee
2549 Vale Court
Davidsonville, Maryland  21035     USA
301-261-0184
mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com

MD/DCRC Web site:  http://www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html
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